{"title":"Native American Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistoric Native American art of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Tlingit and Northwest Coast masks, horn spoons and shaman figures, Plains beadwork, Iroquois work, and Pomo and Western Apache basketry, from older American collections. Each piece comes with its collection history and a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pomo-coiled-fiber-and-feather-basket","title":"Pomo Coiled Fiber and Feather Basket","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalifornia, Ca. Late 19th to early 20th century AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA finely woven vessel the exterior entirely covered with iridescent and multicolored elements. Rarely found in this condition. Sedge, bulrush, quail top knot feathers, clam shell disks, glass beads, cotton string.\u003cbr\u003eSize  3-1\/2 inches ( 9 cm) diam. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Intact and extremely rare as such\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Ex: de Menil family collection, NYC.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48995280486714,"sku":"16179","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/16179bl.jpg?v=1719864534"},{"product_id":"native-american-iroquois-corn-husk-doll","title":"Native American Iroquois Corn Husk Doll","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorth Eastern Americas Circa 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Nations, Canada, Ontario, Six Nations, Iroquois, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage corn husk doll wearing a mask known as Gajesa or Bushy Head- the body made from husks wrapped over a sturdy frame and dressed in leather and cotton clothing with a yarn sash and leg tassels. The figure represents a masked initiate of the False Face \/ Husk Face Society; these initiates received dreams or visions from spirits which helped in medicinal and healing rituals. The mask represents spirits in a realm where the seasons are reversed from the real world - the pursed lips symbolize the whistling \/ blowing of the benevolent west wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 6\" L x 3\" W x 17\" H (15.2 cm x 7.6 cm x 43.2 cm) Unmounted. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition  Tearing and fraying to the white tunic as shown. Rest of body is intact and mask is intact and good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEx FL Orlando Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51245392003386,"sku":"16419","price":465.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/16419bl.jpg?v=1746219975"},{"product_id":"tlingit-carved-goad-horn-spoon","title":"Tlingit Carved Horn Spoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e19th century AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweet carved spoon in classic form with totemic creatures  on the handle and an overall  elegant spoon form. Probably goat horn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 7-1\/2 inches H; 8-3\/4 inches H on custom display stand. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Ex Rita Alix Meyer, Paris France. Sold to Howard Cohen of MD, USA in Oct of 1986 for the sum of $1100.00. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496587264314,"sku":"16827","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/16827blu_8ea522a1-9bb3-423b-8265-de85cd569b1a.jpg?v=1750711556"},{"product_id":"north-west-coast-polychrome-painted-wood-standing-shaman","title":"North West Coast Polychrome Painted Wood Standing Shaman","description":"\u003cp\u003eMid 20th cent. vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA human figure on a black rectangular base with bright painted frontal “transformation” mask; the figure wears a crest‑like headpiece with alternating red and yellow blocks, and stands on painted yellow feet. He holds a large horned animal mask with large red‑rimmed eyes, black ground, and red mouth, echoing Northwest Coast formline design but rendered in simplified, folk‑art fashion; but visually very appealing \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 8-1\/2 inches H.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53027741729082,"sku":"17308","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17308bl.jpg?v=1771109643"},{"product_id":"northwest-coast-painted-wood-shaman","title":"Northwest Coast Painted Wood Shaman","description":"Circa 1920, Colorful depiction of a standing person with a flaring conical hat painted in mustard yellow with bands of green and red and large, eye‑motifs on the brim and shoulders; the front of the body is carved in a bold, triangular relief and decorated with repeated abstract eye and mask designs in black over teal and brown grounds, framed by a yellow border, while the back is left largely unpainted, showing the tool‑marks and wear of the original cedar block; the figure’s face and hat retain much of their original polychrome with an appealing, softly worn surface from age and use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCedar wood with polychrome pigment, some weathering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize height 14 inches (35.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53740523585850,"sku":"17668","price":1495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17668z.jpg?v=1784150079"},{"product_id":"tlingit-carved-and-painted-wood-bear-mask-with-abalone-inlay","title":"Tlingit Carved and Painted Wood Bear Mask with Abalone Inlay","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eContemporary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNorthern Northwest Coast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handsome carved wood mask representing a Bear crest figure, executed in the expressive Tlingit artistic tradition, intricately sculpted from a single block of wood, featuring prominent upright rounded ears, deep-set eye orbits, broad cheeks, and an open, pronounced snout with carved nostril flares. The face is brilliantly decorated in traditional native earth pigments: broad fields of copper blue-green frame the central facial plane, accented by deep red ochre along the nostril rims and broad lips, and heavy black eye brows sweeping across the forehead.  The eyes are inlaid with brilliant, iridescent circular abalone shell discs (paua), each pierced at the center with a drilled aperture aligning with the hollowed reverse for sight. Additional circular abalone roundels are inlaid near the tips of the upright ears.    Dimensions: 10.0\" H x 4.5\" W x 2.5\" D, Unsigned.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good overall condition with scattered light abrasions and minor paint loss consistent with handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53830257541434,"sku":"17769","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17769.jpg?v=1785597446"},{"product_id":"western-apache-coiled-basketry-tray-with-eight-pointed-star-design","title":"Western Apache Coiled Basketry Tray with Eight-Pointed Star Design","description":"San Carlos or White Mountain Apache, Arizona, circa 1900–1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoiled over a three-rod willow foundation and stitched in willow and black devil's claw, the shallow, flaring bowl centered on a dark devil's claw hub from which radiates a crisp eight-pointed star executed in the classic Apache stepped or serrated outline, the field beyond filled with a lively band of interlocking chevrons and stacked triangular zigzags that carry the design outward to a dark, evenly stitched rim. The willow has taken on the warm honey-gold patina prized in old Apache work, and the devil's claw remains rich and glossy black with no notable fading, the coiling is tight and regular throughout with no losses to the rim or repairs visible, and a faint old inventory number is inked near the center on the interior, suggesting a documented private or dealer collection history. \u003cbr\u003eSize: 12 in. (30.5 cm) diameter x 3-1\/4 in. (8.3 cm)  height, \u003cbr\u003eCp related star and zigzag design in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011.154.170a, b, Ralph T. Coe Collection)\u003cbr\u003eEx Dr. David Gardner NY Florida Collection; acquired from Bruce Boyd Curioseri, Seattle WA 1993, penned 339 on base. 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